Don't Mess with the Don
Charitable organization · East York, Ontario · BN 703168674RR0001 · Environment · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($127,221) as filed with the CRA.
Don't Mess with the Don is a charitable organization based in East York, Ontario, classified by the CRA under environment. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $102K in revenue and $127K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 41% from donations, 59% from other charities. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $139K.
Compared with 145 environmental charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 34% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2021 to $102K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Don't Mess with the Don's purpose is to remove garbage and other refuse from the Don Valley in Toronto and other related green spaces. We conduct regular clean ups by volunteers in the valley including the parkland forests and the river. We work with other environmental agencies in a coordinated way to maximize this effort. Don't Mess with the Don conducts clean-ups more than 25 times each year. Over the last six years Don't Mess With The Don has picked up about 136 078 kilograms of garbage. Don't Mess with the Don also advocates to its stakeholders including different levels of gover…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2021–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $102K | $127K | $92K | — | $0 | $52K |
| 2023 | $110K | $63K | $54K | — | — | $86K |
| 2022 | $49K | $35K | $33K | — | — | $39K |
| 2021 | $39K | $13K | $11K | — | — | $26K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $139K from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$27K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lawrence Warriner (president); Sean Symes (director); Phil Smith (director); David Hill (treasurer); Mark Graham (director); Avrum Jacobson (director); Rayman Dhadda (director); Rachel Scarcello (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Don't Mess with the Don’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 703168674RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.